Anjelica+Duarte


 * SUMMARY: Anjelica Duarte, age 21, died November 1, 1991 after an abortion performed by Larry Thompson at Women's Place Clinic in Las Vegas, NV.**

On November 1, 1991, 21-year-old Anjelica R. Duarte, a Mexican immigrant, underwent an abortion by Dr. Larry Thompson at Women's Place Clinic in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was five months pregnant, according to her friend, Sandra Santiago.

According to Sandra, Anjelica had sought an abortion because a doctor had recommended that she delay having another baby for five years due to health problems. Anjelica already had a three-year-old daughter and a one-year-old daughter.

After the abortion, Anjelica was kept under observation for several hours, but was not given any care. Sandra, who had accompanied Anjelica to the clinic, said that the first she knew that anything was wrong when, several hours after the abortion, she saw clinic staff performing CPR on her friend.

She was rushed to Lake Mead Hospital by paramedics at 7:30 that evening, but she was dead on arrival. A hospital spokesman said that she had lost 90 percent of her blood; her uterus had been perforated.

In reviewing the case, the medical board noted that Thompson did not have adequate equipment for post-operative care, and revoked his license.

Anjelica's was not the only tragic death caused by doctors who recommended (or excused) abortion as a life-saving or health-preserving option for the mother:
 * Allegra Roseberry was pushed into an abortion in order to obtain experimental cancer treatment.
 * Barbara Hoppert died after an abortion recommended due to a congenital heart problem.
 * Christin Gilbert died after an abortion George Tiller holds was justified on grounds of maternal health.
 * Erika Peterson died in 1961 when her doctors obtained her husband's permission to perform a "therapeutic" abortion.
 * "Molly" Roe died in 1975 when her doctors made the dubious decision to perform a saline abortion to improve her chances of surviving a lupus crisis.

Sources:
 * "Woman dies after abortion," //Reno Gazette-Journal//, Nov. 1, 1991
 * "Vegas abortion death investigated," // San Francisco Examiner //, Nov. 4, 1991, A-7;
 * "Woman dies after abortion at NLV clinic," //The Las Vegas Review-Journal//, Nov. 1, 1991;
 * "Cause of Las Vegas abortion death revealed," //Reno Gazette-Journal//, Nov. 2, 1991
 * "Abortion death report filed," //Reno Gazette-Journal//, Nov. 24, 1991
 * "Answers sought in abortion," November 2, 1991
 * // Las Vegas Review-Journal // 12-10-91;
 * // Washington Times // 11-21-91;
 * medical board records no longer available online; licensee lookup indicates: "21, 1992 The Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners filed a formal Complaint against Dr. Thompson alleging gross malpractice, termination of pregnancy resulting in the death of the patient. copies 5 pages APRIL 8, 1992 The Board ordered to Revoke Dr. Thompson's license to practice medicine in the state of Nevada. copies; Finding of Fact, Conclusion of Law, Order 6 pages"
 * Nevada Death Index, 1980-2012





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